I am not a graduate of an Ivy League school. So, as a writer and counselor, I am quite fascinated with the families and students who become obsessed by them. I have met many who felt that they have “the right” to try for, and earn a seat in the freshman class at one or …

Most every major business or news magazine does some form of college rankings. It’s very easy to understand why: the college rankings issues fly off the newsstands. So do the guidebooks that some publishers make to supplement them. But what if you could take a few of the more publicized college rankings and “mash them …

I have spent a lot of time around parents of college and college-bound students over the past two decades through my writing, counseling and past life as a software marketing executive who visited many college career centers. One phrase that I hear a great deal, but is universally loathed in higher education is “helicopter parents.” …

This past fall I had the privilege to attend a three-day counselors program at Goucher College. Located in Towson, Maryland, less than ten miles outside of Baltimore, Goucher is one of the 44 Colleges That Change Lives and one of only five (Allegheny, Juniata, McDaniel and Ursinus are the others) in the Mid-Atlantic states. With …

One of the more interesting ideas in higher education that has been advanced by politicians is the three-year college degree. In fact, the governor of Ohio required each of the Buckeye State’s public universities to develop plans for three-year degree programs, even if it was unlikely that students would sign up for them. The University …

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